If you’re looking to recreate that special old-fashioned Christmas cookie recipe that your grandmother used to make, or hoping to discover some old-fashioned cookies to make new again, here is a big tasty collection of 150+ vintage cookie recipes — classic, vintage, retro, heirloom and antique — for sweet treats this holiday season!
Special holiday fun with old-fashioned Christmas cookies
- Make a cookie house for Christmas (1967)
- Gingerbread house gallery: Christmas cookies & candy (1987)
- A sweet collection of cute & very colorful classic Christmas cookies
- Christmas gifts from the kitchen: Classic homemade candy and cookies (1936)
- Chocolate mini-chip holiday cookies (1994)
- Holiday butter cookies & classic spritz cookie recipes
- How to make an edible Christmas tree with star-shaped cookies (1962)
Vintage Christmas cookie collections
- Classic cookie recipes from the ’30s
- Fancy Christmas cookie recipes from the ’50s: Snowflake sugar cookies, paintbrush cookies & frosty fruit bars
- A collection of classic Christmas cookies & treats (1950)
- The best Christmas cookies we know (1956)
- 21 delicious old-fashioned drop cookie recipes from the ’50s
- 3 easy walnut cookie recipes: Walnut clusters, walnut-orange crisps and walnut surprise squares (1950)
- 12 of the best-loved traditional holiday recipes (1950s)
- 36 Christmas cookie recipes children will love (1962)
- Visions of sugar plums: Recipes for 14 Christmas treats (1965)
- The yummiest, best-eating Christmas cookies ever (1966)
- A treasury of treats: 6 decadent classic Christmas cookie recipes from the ’70s
- A treasury of cookies: 6 decadent cookie recipes (1971)
- Vintage jam thumbprint cookies and spiced crackle cookies (1982)
- 44 creative & classic Christmas cookie decorating ideas for kids: Let them eat toys! (1987)
Best vintage sugar cookies
- Sweet! 8 spectacular classic sugar cookie recipes (1971)
- 3 old-fashioned rolled sugar cookie recipes (1971 & 1972)
- Colored Pastel Sugar Cookies (1962)
- Holiday cookie box: Coconut Sugar Cookies (1961)
- Sugar cookies (1964)
- 3 vintage buttery butterscotch cut-out sugar cookie recipes – plus how to make cookie marionettes
More popular (and delicious) vintage Christmas cookie recipes
- The original Toll House Cookie recipe (1939)
- Viennese Sugar Twists & Golden Thumbprint cookies (1981)
- Christmas candy: Opera Nut Creams & Crystallized Nuts (1981)
- 7 vintage pudding cookie recipes
- 4 classic Potato Chip Cookie recipes (1976)
- Two-tone Walnut Cookie Canes (1962)
- 8 great classic gingersnap recipes
- Holiday recipes featuring Kahlua liqueur (1987)
- Cranberry Christmas Canes & Cinnamon Apple Canes (1963)
- Pumpkin Bars, Coconut Choco-Swirl & Date bar Cake (1971)
- Chunky chocolate cookie squares (1987)
- Make colorful cookies with gelatin (1970s)
- White chocolate-orange dream cookies recipe + a chocolate version (1995)
- Make some Betty Crocker Sunkist Lemon Bars (1974)
- 7 classic recipes for deliciously decadent old-fashioned 7-layer bars (aka magic cookie bars)
- Toll House Marble Squares bar cookies (1962)
- Toll House Pie: Chocolate chip pie recipe (1986)
- Classic cookie recipe: Butterscotch Oaties (1968)
- Choco-Scotch Clusters recipe (1967)
- Swedish Crisps, Gingerbread & Christmas Tree cookie (1961)
- A Giant Raisin Bran cookies recipe from 1998, plus a bonus version from 1976
- Raisin-date cake, sticks & drop cookies (1962)
- Brownie Ice Box Cookies (1962)
- Karo Lace Cookies (1965)
- Chocolate chip, Oatmeal scotchies & Double mint chip cookies (1987)
- Toll House Pan Cookies & Oatmeal Scotchie Pan Cookies (1982)
- Chocoroons: Cookies with coconut filling & chocolate frosting (1964)
- Wonderful walnut chocolate chip cookies (1978)
Peanut & peanut butter cookie recipes
- 20 delicious retro recipes for old-fashioned peanut butter cookies
- Reese’s cookies: Peanut butter & chocolate (1982)
- Southern peanut bar cookie recipe (’70s & ’80s)
- Choco-Peanut Butter Bar Cookies (1972)
- Award-winning peanut brittle cookies from the ’50s!
- Peanut butter golden brownies (1979)
- Cocoa Peanut Logs with Cocoa Krispies cereal (1968)
- Choco peanut butter dreams cookies (1987)
- P-Nutty Butterscotch Crunchies (1961)
- Easy Doozits and other sweet recipes starring peanut butter (1962)
- Peanut m&ms confetti cream cones & peanut-sitting-pretties cookies (1969)
- Grandma’s peanut butter molasses cookies recipe (1947)
Vintage pumpkin cookies
- Pumpkin cookie bars (1987)
- Pumpkin Bars, Coconut Choco-Swirl & Date bar Cake (1971)
- Pumpkin spice cookies & Pumpkin nut bread (1982)
- It’s the Great Pumpkin cookie recipe! (1986)
More delicious classic Christmas cookies
- Double chocolate treasures cookies (1987)
- Colorful m&m cookie recipes (1963)
- m&ms Party cookies recipe (1964)
- How to make easy m&ms jumbles cookies (1994)
- Kookie brittle (1967)
- The Date Walnut Double Decker Cookie (1972)
- Make mine mince: Mincemeat recipes (1950)
- Icy Christmas Cakes recipe (1969)
- Sweetheart Fudge Pie & Rocky Road Bar recipes (1982)
- Caramel fudge balls & shortbread cookies (1981)
- Frosty the Snowman sweet treats (1969)
- Make some colorful lollipop cookies (2002)
- Holiday chocolate chip squares cookie bars recipe (1985)
- Brown sugar pinwheel cookies (1994)
- Jell-O Pudding Cream Cookies (1967)
- Classic Carrot Pudding & Coconut Joy recipes (1979)
- Holiday cookie box: Cherry Velvet Cookies (1961)
- Holiday cookie box: Spicy Walnut Bars (1961)
- Holiday cookie box: Christmas stars (1961)
- Holiday cookie box: Almond heart cookies (1961)
- Holiday cookie box: Chocolate Lebkuchen cookies (1961)
- Holiday cookie box: Ischeler Tortelettes (1961)
- Holiday cookie box: Greek Christmas Cookies (1961)
- Holiday cookie box: Christmas cutouts (1961)
- Happy holiday cookies: Paintbrush Cookies (1956)
- Holiday cookie box: Lemony Yellow Ring Cookies (1961)
- Holiday cookie box: Decorated pepper cookies (1961)
- Chocolate-dipped cream cookies (1971)
- Norwegian Palettes Christmas Cookies (1959)
- Swedish heirloom cookies (1956)
- Gingerbread Fancies Christmas Cookies (1959)
MORE: 100 vintage 1960s supermarkets & old-fashioned grocery stores
Old-fashioned/antique cookie recipes
- 6 traditional gingerbread recipes (1910)
- Recipes for 3 kinds of Christmas cookies (1914)
- 3 citrus cookie recipes with lemon & orange (1912)
- 5 dainty cookie recipes (1911)
- Yule Dolly cookies (1904)
Best vintage chocolate cookie & dessert recipes
- 7 chocolatey holiday cookie recipes from the ’80s
- Holiday chocolate nut squares (1997)
- Reese’s cookies: Peanut butter & chocolate (1982)
- 7 classic recipes for deliciously decadent old-fashioned 7-layer bars (aka magic cookie bars)
- Toll House Marble Squares bar cookies (1962)
- Choco-Peanut Butter Bar Cookies (1972)
- Brownie Ice Box Cookies (1962)
- Chewy brownie cookies (1995)
- Chocolate chip, Oatmeal scotchies & Double mint chip cookies (1987)
- Holiday cookie box: Chocolate Lebkuchen cookies (1961)
- Chocoroons: Cookies with coconut filling & chocolate frosting (1964)
- Toll House Pan Cookies & Oatmeal Scotchie Pan Cookies (1982)
- Choco peanut butter dreams cookies (1987)
- Double chocolate treasures cookies (1987)
- m&ms Party cookies recipe (1964)
- Sweetheart Fudge Pie & Rocky Road Bar recipes (1982)
- Colorful m&m cookie recipes (1963)
- Double chocolate: Two classic recipes for chocolate crackle cookies
- How to make super chocolate chunk cookies – plus a dipped version (1986)
Vintage bar cookie recipes
- 7 classic recipes for deliciously decadent old-fashioned 7-layer bars (aka magic cookie bars)
- Toll House Marble Squares bar cookies (1962)
- Christmas Rice Krispies treats: Ideas from the ’70s for fun shapes to make for the holidays
- The original Rice Krispies Treats recipe & their delicious history
- Choco-Peanut Butter Bar Cookies (1972)
- Holiday chocolate chip squares cookie bars recipe (1985)
- Sweetheart Fudge Pie & Rocky Road Bar recipes (1982)
- Holiday cookie box: Spicy Walnut Bars (1961)
- Pumpkin cookie bars (1987)
- Southern peanut bar cookie recipes
- Choco-Peanut Butter Bar Cookies (1972)
- No-bake chocolate-butterscotch candy bar cookies (1980)
- Pumpkin Bars, Coconut Choco-Swirl & Date bar Cake (1971)
- Make some Betty Crocker Sunkist Lemon Bars (1974)
Vintage brownie recipes
- Gold Rush Brownies recipe (1951)
- 4 new walnutty brownie desserts (1960)
- Peanut butter golden brownies (1979)
- Rocky Road Bar Brownies (1971)
- Double Chocolate Brownie recipe (1982)
- German Chocolate Cream Cheese Brownies (1967)
- Chocolate cherry brownies recipe (1987)
- Cream cheese brownies (1964)
- Chocolate-mint refrigerator brownies (1959)
No-bake cookies
- Cocoa Peanut Logs with Cocoa Krispies cereal (1968)
- Choco-Scotch Clusters recipe (1967)
- Easy Doozits and other sweet sixties recipes starring the combo of peanut butter & graham crackers (1962)
- No-bake chocolate-butterscotch candy bar cookies (1980)
- Christmas Rice Krispies treats: Ideas from the ’70s for fun shapes to make for the holidays
- The original Rice Krispies Treats recipe & their delicious history
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